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time that he never enlarged the first small
orchard. The market for fruit was then
local one only, and that market was fully
supplied by those who lived in the coast
counties near San Francisco. The great
continental lines had not been built, and
that vast country between the Sierras and
the Missouri river was wilderness. There
was, in short, no idea of an Eastern mar
ket. Now, however, that the transconti-
mental lines are hauling fruit to all parts
of the country beyond the Sierras, even to
the Atlantic cities, on passenger time and
at low rates, and there in every town of
any considerable population it is finding
ready sale, and now that the capacities
of our soil and climate are proven to be so
completely adapted to fruit growing with
great profit, general attention is being given
to this branch of agriculture. New Or
chards and vineyards of the best varieties
are being put ont in every section Of the
county
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WHOLE NO. 1889.

belts of land Colusa county offers the home
seeker more than a million acres of fruit
and vine land, at prices incomparably low.
and on which there is no shadow of doubt
that fortunes await the holticulturist. The
soil and climate is all that can be desired
transportation is adequate to all demands.
the water is good, the nights are cool and
invigorating, and there is no healthier spot
on earth.
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produce. Its product of barley in 1885
was 100000 bushels. Inl 1850 there were
only three States or Territories besides
California that equaled this amount 1t
is not only the banner wheat county, it is
the banner barley county of this continent
HAY AND GRASSES.
Annually there are tens of thousands of
tons of hay put up to be fed to stock. There
are wide areas in the foothills where
cattle, horses and sheep are grazed the
year around. The grasses produced are
wild oats on the plains and hillside, bunch
grass on the hills and mountains and on
the plains and rolling lands natural clover
of several varieties. Before the plow
touched these soils there was no better
grazing in the world Wild oats grew as
high as horses back, the native clover
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in the States east of the Sierra Nevadas
on the same parallel, are simply geograph-
ical ones There is the constant presence
OF the tempered winds from the heated
ocean currents which wash the whole
coast of the State, and the entire absence
of the Arctic blasts, which are detected
by the mountain barrier which runs from
the Alaskan peninsula TO Mexico.
On the same latitude, east of the mount
aims, there is from five TO seven months
winter. The earth is covered with snow
and ice, and the people and animals are
housed as a necessary protection from win
ter storms and blasts. Blazing fires of
wood or coal are required to overcome the
temperatures that are constantly in the
neighborhood of zero or below that point
The earth is frozen to a depth Of several
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Unequaied Transportation Facilities
by Railroads, with Low Competi-
tive Rates by River Steamers.
A WINTERLESS CLIMATE WITH
SEMI-TROPIC PRODUCTIONS.
Wonderful Fertility of the Soil, Special
Adapted to Grain-Growing, the Pro-
duction of All Kinds of Fruits and
yines-Splendid Oppportuity for
Home-Seekers-Etc

We are on the eve of one of the great
est migratory movements OF this age Of
immigration. Already there are engage
ments with excursion agents and the rail-
roads for the transportation of 10000 peo-
pie from all parts Of the East to Califor
MIA, and new excursions and excursion
dates are being constantly arranged. These
numbers are independent of those who are
daily coming in large numbers in emf
grant and palace cars. These during the
fall and winter will swell the numbers
who will visit California the coming sea-
son to fully 100000. The larger part of
these will be home-seekers looking for To-
calities for homes. Many win be capital
lists who want investments for their money
either in lands or city property. Some
will be mere tourists or sight-seers at
traeted here by the fame of our winterless
climate, our semi-tropical productions and
our floral wealth in winter.
THIS GREAT HUMAN TIDE
To our shores will grow larger in volume
year after year, till the overland roads will
be taxed TO their utmost capacity in It's
transportation. Nearly 100000 people
of our country's population are living in
regions where winter, with all its rigors,
reigns supreme through long months each
year. These 100000 people are being
educated up to the belief that winter is
their worst enemy; that it robs them of
half of their time for field work, and of a
large part of their earnings for the remain
ing half Of the year. From every part of
our country come anxious inquiries for
homes in wiaterless climate From the
Atlantic slope, where the soils are worn
out and the farms, towns and cities are
overcrowded; from the great valley of the
Mississippi and the basin of the Lakes,
where through a long winter fierce blasts
from the Arctic regions sweep over the
country from the great plains and the
intra-montane basins, where Billiards in
winter and cyclones in summer prevail,
come the sounds of busy preparations for
moving to California. For the information
of these people this description of Colusa
county is published
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TIMBER AND SOIL.
Ample Supply of Tree Growth and Great
Variety OF Soils

<thpIe supply Oh Tree GrOWtn anu treHt
Variety OF Soils.
In speaking of the topography and
scenery, enough has been said to show the
home-seeker that there is an ample sup
ply of timber for fuel and building pur-
poses Great oak growths are on both
sides of the Sacramento river and along
all the streams there are oaks, sycamores,
cottonwoods, alders, ash, willows and
naples. On the hills and mountains there
are pines, frs, oaks, manzanita, madrona,
laurel, and on Mt. St. John the redwood is
found. The sugar-pine is found on the
higher Coast Range, and is Il valuable
tree for lumber. Every township has its
timber for fuel, and lumber is either
brought from the Coast Range or by rail
at reasonable rates.
VARIETY OF SOILS.
The soils of Colusa county are of almost
every variety. Along the streams they
are dark alluvial farther toward the foot
hills they are brown loans. On the first
foothills there is a wide belt of clay loans
known locally as gray ADOBE" and on
the higher hills there are the red soils so
noted for vine growing. The alluyial
soils have no superior for inexhaustible
fertility on earth. 1t is now more than
forty years since the first crops of cereals
were grown on the old Mexican grants in
this county, and in some places they have
been under continuous cultivation since,
and this season they yielded from twenty
to thirty bushels of wheat per acre, more
than
DOUBLE THE CROP AVERAGE OF THE
WHOLE UNITED STATES.
These lands have never been fertilized,
and no return has been made for the
enormous drain they have sustained for
nearly half a century. Under such
such tillage the average prairie soil of the
Mississippi valley, so noted for its depth
and fertility, would have been long since
exhausted. The brown loans of the higher
plain seem TO be almost as fertile and last
ing as the alluvium. They have been
cropped nearly as long, and still they re-
turn an average of twenty bushels to the
acre. The belt of "gray adobe" as it is
called, is sandy clay loan of great
depth, even on the high knobs and bluffs
1t Yields better than the brown loans of
the plain, and from the amount Of clay
in its composition will be almost mex
haustible 1t produces fine grass, grain of
all kinds of superior quality, vegetables,
vines and fruit trees. 1t stands drought
exceedingly well, and for all ordinary pur-
poses needs no irrigation, although ii is
| not claimed by this that there is any soil
or climate in the world were irrigation
properly applied is not advantageous.
THE RED SOILS OF THE HILLS
Have great fertility and luxuriant
growth Of grass before it was plowed. 1t
yields good crop of grain under good till
age, and produces the best of grapes. The
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TRANSPORTATION.
E1celie,t Railroad Facilities in Compe

Eace1le9t Railroad Facilities in Compc-
titIon With Low Rates by River.
Cheap and rapid transportation is of the
utmost importance 1t brings the farmer
more for everything that he produces. and
it eheapens everything that he consumes.
Colnsa county enjoys cheap rates and rapid
transit to a remarkable extent The
mighty current of the Sacramento, which
in It's wind;ugs flows through or along her
borders for IS miles, bears 10 and from her
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CITRUS AND OTHER sEMI-TRoPICAL PRO-
DUCTIoNS
Has been undertaken in various parts of
the county and with marked success.
Oranges, lemons, figs and pomegranates
are grown on the plains and in the foot
hills In every instanceit has been shown
that all these frnits can be grown with sue
cess. No portion of the earth's surface
can show wider range of productions
than are successfully grown in Colusa
county, and by this it is not meant that
they can be produced as specimens. but
they can be grown by the farmer, orchard
ist and vineyardist with nrofit
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WINTER IN CALIFORNIA.

IN ice. The buildings are fringed with
huge icicles, and every outdoor industry
is at standstill
WINTER IN CALIFORNIA.
How different the picture here. The
autumn showers have come and the whole
earth is clothed with a mantle of green,
relieved by the brilliant coloring of a
varied and luxuriant fora Flocks and
herds Craze on the new verdure, and every
field is Il scene of industrial animation.
Every plow and harrow is moving from
sunrise to sunset, preparing for the winter
sowing. The fall grain waves to every
breeze, and orange trees are laden with
their golden fruit The woods, groves,
and thickets are vocal with the song of
birds that have come here to winter, and
bees and butterflies hover lazily around
the flowers that fill thegardens.
y soft autumn haze covers the valleys
and hiIlsides, children play in the open
air, people sit with open doors and win
dows in midday, and fires have no office in
sittlng-rooms except to temper the air of
morning and evening.
TEMPERATURES.
The mean annual temperature is 62.6o
Fab. The mean winter temperature is
1920; spring temperature, 81. 40; summer,
1917, and for autumn, 63.30 The lowest
temperature for fourteen years has been
200 above zero. The number of clear DAYS
are 2l2 These days are perfectly cloud
less. The number of days of fair weather
are much more than these figures indicate.
The homeseeker must bear in mind that to
the farmer, the stock-rai-er, the orchardist
and vineyardist and gardener, all these
days when there are no clouds and the full
rays of the sun flood the earth, are like
showers of gold. With moisture, the sun
light means abundant crops, and they are
gold pieces.
REMUNERATION FOR CLIMATIC CoNDI-
TION-.
\ little calculation will show the home
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and the surrounding uplands of the foot
hills, and for those who have lived on
higher elevations, there are the valleys and
slopes of the great range, with their dark
forests and clear. rapid streams.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR HOMEsEEKERs
Some Of the Avenues and Industries for
Acquiring Comperencies.


Acquiring Competencies.
The immense area of this county, en-
bracing every typographical feature and
every kind of soil, gives the home-seeker
wide range of industries from which he
can choose. If there is place in the
world where grain growing pays it is in
Colusa county. If he has the means to
buy sufficient land for profitable grain
growing there Is no reasonable doubt that
it will pay. If he loves fine stock, this will
prove profitable investment, rs from the
climate and grasses Of this county all kinds
of stock mature in much less time than
they do in winter countries, and at much
less cost. Horses do well on the grasses of
the hills, and horses of all work. those
fitted for the plow or spring-wagon meet
with ready sale to the ranchers at your
own door.
PROFITS IN sToCK-RAISING.
A good four-year-old horse weighing
from 1900 to $1,000 pounds, will bring
from Sl25 to Sl75, The breeding of good
mules probably pays better than breeding
horses Cattle when fit for the butcher
bring fair prices, and at present prices of
wool and mutton, sheep are Very profita-
BILE. Dairying is 4 good business. Butter
and cheese pays good return upon the
capital and labor required for lis produc-
ton.
Raising poultry, by those who have had
the experience and who give the business
the required attention, pays we'll In this
climate plenty of green feed is indispensa-
bic, and small alfalfa field will furnish
all that is needed. We produce in Cali
fornia only about half the eggs consumed,
the other half are brought here from the
Mississippi valley.
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VEGETABLES ARE GROWN

VEGETABLES ARE GROWN
On all the valley lands and near the
streams and when irrigation is used there
is three crops Of potatoes and other roots.
Small fruits yield an abundant return.
Blackberries, raspberries, Strawberries, cur
rants and gooseberries give large quanti-
ties and of the best quality 1t is gener-
ally supposed that
TREE FRUIT AND GRAPE GROWING
Is almost unknown, but this is mistake.
It is more than forty years since the first
fruit trees and vines were planted, and CON
sidering the care they have received they
have done exceedingly WE'LL. There are
small, but old orchards and vineyards that
were planted in the '40's, sos and COS
all over the county, and although they
have had little care and tillage they have
been loaded with fruit and grapes each
year. These orchards are to be found on
the old grants near the Sacramento, on the
plains, on the foothills and in the valleys
of the higher Coast Range They occupy
every kind of soil found in the county, and
they demonstrate beyond doubt the adapt
ability of these soils for all kinds of tree
fruit and grapes.
VARIETIES OF ERUITs.
These fruits include those of the north
temperate zone, such as apples, piuma,
pears, and cherries, as well as peaches,
apricots and nectarines. All kinds of
grapes have been grown, including
the most delicate varieties of wine, table
and raisin grapes. In all these instances
successful production has been demon
strated. In later years there have been
some large orchards and vineyards planted,
and the results will be noted under the
head of tree and vine growing The grow
ing of all
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celebrated Natoma vineyard, near Folsom,
in Sacramento county, and many other fine
vineyards are on this red soil. Chemical
analysis proves that all these soils are rich,
and the best test, that of continued cror-
ping, sustains the chemists testimony.
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An Ocean Passenger
Steamer Eurned at Sea
and thirteen lives lost.
See particulars In dis
pa hes.
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More wheat Is sown ss seed each year
than many of the States and Territories
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-14
Notice to Builders i!
OFFICE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 10, 1887.
SEALED PROPOSALS
Will be received by the Board of Edu-
cation of the City of st. Paul until
Saturday, May q, 1887, at 5 O'cIoekp.m.
For the construction of an addition
to the
HIGH SCHOOL

Building, according to plans and speci-
fications prepared by and on file at the
Office Of Mcssrs. Wilcox " Johnston,
architects, room rs, National German
American Bank building.
Each bid must be accompanied by
bond on the part of the bidder, with two
(2) good and sufficient sureties in sum
amounting to at least twenty-five (25)
percentum or the contract price of the
material proposed to be furnished and
of the work proposed to be done in said
bid. and conditioned that in case such
bid is accepted by the Board of Educa-
ton, the bidder will enter into con-
tract with said Board to furnish all ma
terial and perform all work in accord
ance with the requirements OF the plans
and specifications, and for the price
stated in his said bid.
The right to reject any or all bids Is
reserved by the Board of Education.
Correct form of blanks used for above
required bonds can he seen at the Office
of the Corporation Attorney.
All bids must he plainly marked on
exterior of sealed envelope Proposal
for Addition to High School" indOrSed
with the firm name and address of the
bidder, and addressed, mailed or handed
to the undersigned at his office in the
High School building, where he will re-
ceive them during the usual business
hours until the final hour of the day
above stated for their reception. BY d.
rection. OTTO DREHER, Secretary.
I21-I36
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CONTRACT work.
Grading Irvine Avenue, Walnut
Street and Western Avenue.
OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works. !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May ., 1887. I

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works, J
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May ., 1887. I
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of st. Paul, Min
nes0ta, at their Office in said city, until
II III. on the 10th day of May, A. ID.
1887, for grading Irvine Avenue, from
Walnut street to Western Avenue;
walnut street Qo a partial grade) from
Irvine Avenue to Pleasant Avenue. and
Western Avenue Ito partial grade)
from Summit Avenue to Ramsey street.
in said city. according to plans and
specifications OH file in the Office of
Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
III sum of at least twenty c9O) per cent.
OF the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid.
The said Board reserves the right OF
reject any or all bids.
X. l.. GORMAN. President.
Oflclal: w. +. ERWIN,
126-l36 Clerk Board of Public Works.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Ramsey-ss. In Probate Court. Special
term, May g. 1887.
In the matter of the estate of Josiah C. Bar
tholomew, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Susan
j.. bartholomew, Of st. PAIL Mimi. repre-
senting, among other things. that Josiah G.
Barlholomew, late Of the city of ST. Paul
Minn.,. on the l7th day of july. 4. d. ISS5
at said city of ST. Paul died interstate. and
being resident of this county ut the time of
his death, leaving goods, chat,les and estate
within this county, and that the said nett
toner is the widow of said deceased. and
praying that administration Of said estate he
to her, the said Susan l.. Bartholomew
granted; it is ordered that said pctition he
heard before the judge of this court on Tues.
day, the 3lSt day Of May, y. u. 1887. mt 10
O'Clock a. M at the probate court room i'm
st. Paul: in said county. Ordered further
that notice thereof be given to the heirs ~
said deceased, and to all persons interested
by publishinga copy of this order for three
successive weeks prior to sail (l,ly of hear
ing, Ill the st. Paul DAILY GLOBE, a daily
newspaper printed ana published at st. Paul.
III said county. By The court.
l. 5. h. :. GORMAN, Judge of Probata.
Attest: S''S's
FRANK ROBERT, DR., Clerk
may T-4w sat
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Proposals for Transportation Of
Indian Supplies.

PREPAYMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
IL Office of Indian Affairs Washington,
April 20. 1SS7-Sealed proposals, Endorsed
Proposals for Transportation" and Iii
rected to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
90 and 81 Wooster street. New ! DIRK, will he
received until l p. NJ. of Tuesday. May IL
1887, for transportation for such articles
goods and supplies for the Indian service for
the fiscal year ending June 50, 1888, as may
not be contracted for to he delivered AT the
Agencies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERNMENT
Schedules showing the conditions to be OBJ
served by bidders, terms of contract, trans
portatiOn routes and all other necessary in
Structions will be furnished upon applica
ton to the Indian Office in Washington, or
Nos 65 and 67 Wooster street, New York ::
James Lidgerwood, S35 Broadway, New
York; the CommissarieS of Subsistence L.
$. A.. at Cheyenne, Chicago, Leaycnworth,
Omaha. Saint Louis, Saint Paul and san
Francisco; the Postmasters at Sioux City and
Yankton.
The right is reserved by the Government
to reject any and all bids OF any part of any
bid.
- Bids will be opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited TO be
present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by certified
checks upon some United States Depository
or the First National Bank Of Los Angeles,
Cal, for at least five per cent of the amount
of the proposal
j. d. c. ATKINS. Commissioner.
115-l36
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CHERIFF'S SALE ON EXECUTION
~ Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
an execution issued out of the District Court
of the County of Ramsey State of Mil. nesota,
on the 22d day of March, A. ID. 1887. upon II
judgment duly entered and docketed III the
Office of the Clerk of the District Court afore-
said on the 17th day of March. 1897, in
favor of William KacerovSky. plaintiff and
against Frank +. Shanda, defendant have
levied upon all the interest and estate of said
Frank F. Shanda in the following described
real estate, located in the County Ct Ramsey
and State of Minnesota, viz:
The southeasterly half tl2) Of lots num-
bered one ~ and two (2), i'll block number
nine 90, of Terrace Park addition to ST.
Paul. according to the recorded plat thereof
on file i'll the office of the Register Of Deeds
of said County of Ramsey, excepting Il strip
of land III the southeast corner of said lots
thirty feet wide, fronting on Lawton street
and OAe hundred and ten feet deep fronting
on Prairie street, i'll said city, and that on
Saturday. the Dist day of May, A. ID. 1887
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of said day, at
the front door of the Court House, on Waha-
sha street, at the corner of Fifth street, III the
City of st. Paul, III the County of Ramsey
and State of Minnesota, will sell at public
auction, TO the highest bidder for cash, all
the interest and estate of said Frank f.
Shanda i'll the above described real estate to
satisfy the amount due on said execution, to-
gether with the costs and expenses of sale.
April l. 1887. FRED RICHTER,
Sheriff of Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Ry John LIinkenheimer. Deputy.
+. BARTA, Plaintiffs Attorney. apr 2-7wsat